Pollution Making ‘Male Birds Mate With Each Other’: Scientists
Photo: mauricholas/ Maureen Leong-Kee , Flickr, CC Pollution has long been known to bear various impacts on animals’ reproductive behavior . But rarely is the effect so pronounced as what scientists have observed happening to bird populations that ingest the poisonous metal compound methylmercury. Researchers have found that when even low levels of the compound enter their diets, male birds choose to attempt to mate with other males, and snub females. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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